.@tparsi on Trump's plan to destroy the #IranDeal and pave the way for war, and why it might failhttp://www.alternet.org/right-wing/vijay-prashad-trump-setting-dangerous-confrontation-iran …
.@tparsi: “The Iranians have carefully watched the developments with North Korea [which] escalated its nuclear programme [and] appears set on a path towards striking a deal with Trump and getting the recognition it has long sought”http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/iran-fully-adhered-nuclear-deal-now-some-tehran-regret-it-2136382287 …
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@antonioguterres “has urged Donald Trump not to scrap the Iran nuclear deal, saying that the Middle East would become an even more dangerous place if such an important diplomatic victory was thrown away with nothing better to replace it.”https://theguardian.com/world/2018/may/03/un-chief-urges-donald-trump-not-to-scrap-iran-nuclear-deal …Show this thread -
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus “that he expects the president to keep the United States in compliance with the Iran nuclear deal—at least for a short period of time.”https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-trump-ally-predicts-iran-deal-will-hold-up-for-now …
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The plot thickens: “Aides to Donald Trump, the US president, hired an Israeli private intelligence agency to orchestrate a “dirty ops” campaign against key individuals from the Obama administration who helped negotiate the Iran nuclear deal”https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/05/trump-team-hired-spy-firm-dirty-ops-iran-nuclear-deal …
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@RonanFarrow on the undercover campaign by Black Cube, a firm with close ties to power players in Israeli politics and intelligence, to discredit Obama officials who had been leading proponents of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/israeli-operatives-that-aided-harvey-weinstein-collected-information-on-former-obama-administration-officials …Show this thread -
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@nytimes video on M.E.K., the fringe, cultish dissident group that calls for regime change in Iran and is supported by Bolton and other high-ranking politicians in DChttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/07/world/middleeast/john-bolton-regime-change-iran.html?smid=tw-share …Show this thread -
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@adamjohnsonNYC: “The fact that almost no one else brought up the cult-like nature of Giuliani’s associates indicates that most in US media are entirely uninterested in conveying fundamental facts about what’s going on in Iran. ”https://fair.org/home/giuliani-takes-cash-to-speak-to-terrorist-cult-media-find-this-unnoteworthy/ …Show this thread -
“President Trump [...] plans to announce the withdrawal of the United States from the Iran nuclear deal ... isolating the United States among its allies ... prospect of increased tensions with Russia and China“https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/world/middleeast/trump-iran-nuclear-deal.html …
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@HassanRouhani: “If we can get what we want from a deal without America, then Iran will continue to remain committed to the deal. What Iran wants is our interests to be guaranteed by non-American signatories.”https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-iran-nuclear-deal-latest-us-withdraw-obama-un-a8342061.html?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=1525803723 …Show this thread -
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@nargesbajoghli: “The feelings of frustration, anger, and betrayal were palpable in every conversation I had with my research interlocutors the past few weeks, [...]. But the word that kept coming up over and over again was ‘naive’.”#IranDealhttp://foreignpolicy.com/2018/05/08/iran-will-never-trust-america-again/ …Show this thread -
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@EliClifton: "Trump and the Republican Party are effectively captive to a small cohort of hawkish billionaires dead set on steering the country away from any sort of detente with Iran" https://lobelog.com/three-billionaires-paved-way-for-trumps-iran-deal-withdrawal/ …pic.twitter.com/QcIpT6EEWk
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“Syrian state-run media said Israel struck a military outpost near the capital Damascus on Tuesday, ... an hour after President Donald Trump announced he was withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, calling Tehran a main exporter of terrorism in the region” http://time.com/5270362/israel-attacked-syria-trump-iran-deal/ …
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“Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear pact is creating another front on which Merkel and Chinese leaders can seek a common line. The calculation is that China’s economic might could help keep the deal afloat”https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-23/china-s-trade-deal-with-u-s-leaves-germany-squeezed-in-middle …
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@WilliamHartung: "Saudi lobbyists had been working behind the scenes in the U.S. for years to ensure that the Kingdom’s concerns were incorporated into any deal Washington would agree to with Iran—if there was to be a deal at all"http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-saudi-lobbys-scheme-to-destroy-the-iran-deal/ …Show this thread -
"With tensions rising over the strategic waterway, the EU is proposing a plan for salvaging a multinational nuclear deal with Tehran after Washington withdrew, but
@HassanRouhani told leaders in Paris and Berlin ... that the package did not go far enough"https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-oil-usa-navy/reacting-to-iranian-threat-u-s-navy-says-will-protect-free-flow-of-commerce-idUSKBN1JV1UJ …Show this thread -
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@ZacharyKeck on the folly of even contemplating invading Iran: “Iran’s ability to defend itself against a U.S. invasion begins with its formidable geography”https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/no-easy-war-here-why-america-isnt-invading-iran-anytime-soon-26586 …Show this thread -
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@tparsi by@aaronjmate on the lack of attention over Israeli influence over the Iran nuclear deal, and the drive for regime change in Iranhttps://youtu.be/LaU0LTcBK3oShow this thread -
“The U.S. has been unable to persuade China to cut Iranian oil imports, according to two officials familiar with the negotiations, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to isolate the Islamic Republic” https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-08-03/china-is-said-to-reject-u-s-request-to-cut-iran-oil-imports?__twitter_impression=true …
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@HeikoMaas: “We are fighting for the deal because it also serves our purpose by bringing about security and transparency in the region. ... chaos in Iran, as we have experienced in Iraq or Libya, would further destabilize an already troubled region.”https://www.bourseandbazaar.com/news-1/2018/8/8/germany-warns-us-iran-sanctions-could-cause-chaos …Show this thread -
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@jabdi and@SinaToossi: “Trump’s pressure campaign weakens those within Iran who seek more conciliatory foreign relations and a more open political and social domestic landscape. It also empowers Tehran’s most reactionary forces.”https://lobelog.com/trumps-sanctions-will-hurt-the-wrong-people-in-iran/ …Show this thread -
“China, seeking to skirt U.S. sanctions, will use oil tankers from Iran for its purchases of that country's crude, throwing Tehran a lifeline while European companies such as France's Total are walking away due to fear of reprisals from Washington.”https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-oil/china-defies-u-s-pressure-as-eu-parts-ways-with-iranian-oil-idUSKCN1L51GB …
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@stephenkinzer: "Fate has given@JZarif the daunting task of foiling a global campaign aimed at bringing his country to its knees and forcing it to submit to American power. ... we demand unconditional surrender. Zarif’s job is to turn back this tsunami." https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/09/28/iran-best-diplomat-takes-power/nnrnpnTucFWpWylBCkeUnM/story.html …pic.twitter.com/11QJZxqYXK
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UN’s top court, the International Court of Justice, issues ruling that the US should lift its sanctions on humanitarian goods to Iran. The US says the ICJ has no jurisdiction in the matterhttps://youtu.be/tfZXoxUDxFc
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"[regime change in Iran] is ultimately the aim of [...] John Bolton [...]. [US officials] say it is too early, and the Iranians have to suffer," the European diplomat said of Trump's policy. "They have to feel the full brunt of sanctions.""https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/02/iran-sanctions-us-european-humanitarian-supplies?fbclid=IwAR21vLHhSM89WeaGlYydoEChDxrxMdN_3Qq7WbgXtgFeHuNyx4q1o_47sXM …
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Very good thread on how US policy towards Iran is totally senseless, counterproductive, hubristic and smacks of desperationhttps://twitter.com/sinatoossi/status/1059835081198616577?s=21 …
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